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Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second-most devastating tropical cyclone of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season, causing $1.15 billion in damages and 665 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 956 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion. Ketsana was the sixteenth tropical storm ...
Ketsana also caused the shutting down of flights and operations at Ninoy Aquino International Airport for almost a day. [47] The economic region of Metro Manila and many adjoining provinces incurred damages to both infrastructure and agriculture. Total damage of Ketsana as of September 28, 2009 is estimated at $100 million.
Ketsana shortly before being upgraded to a typhoon on September 28. Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy, was the second most devastating tropical cyclone in the 2009 Pacific typhoon season with a damage of $1.09 billion and 747 fatalities, only behind Morakot earlier in the season, which caused 789 deaths and damages worth $6.2 billion.
September 25–26, 2009: Tropical Storm Ketsana (Ondoy) passes through Luzon, where torrential rainfall led to record flood levels to as high as 20 feet (6.1 m) in rural areas and in Metro Manila. 671 people have died from the storm with damages toppling up to ₱11 billion (US$237 million).
Typhoon Ketsana (2009) (T0916, 17W, Ondoy) – made landfall in the Philippines and causing massive flooding in Metro Manila and other nearby provinces. List of storms with the same or similar names This article includes a list of named storms that share the same name (or similar names).
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) is the most deadly Philippine typhoon during this period, killing more than 6,300 people. Other notable Philippine storms during this period include Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) in September 2009 which became the most devastating tropical cyclone to hit Manila , [ 23 ] and Typhoon Bopha (Pablo) in December 2012, which became ...
It caused typhoon-like damage: the worst caused by rain since September 2009, when Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) struck Metro Manila. The heavy rain caused Marikina River to swell, inundating areas also affected by Ketsana, triggering a landslide in the Commonwealth area, and collapsing the northbound Marcos Highway.
Since 1963, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has assigned local names to a tropical cyclone should it move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N-25°N, even if the cyclone has had an international name assigned to it.